Stephen Robert demonstrates tying his Crappie Candy fly, a great fly for crappie and other panfish. Filmed at the 2014 FFI Gulf Coast Council Fly Fair in Ocean Springs, MS.
I just found your sight today , Very Glad I did ! Your technique is different, but the end result is a Beautiful, well balanced, great looking Fly / jig ! Thank you for sharing ! Take Care and Be Safe
Good looking bait. I’m from Baton Rouge and fish the basin from one end to the other. We had a good year for sac a lait. Usually fish with a bass popper in front which serves as a cork tied on to the hook of the popper as a sinking trailer 2 feet to 2 and a half feet of 6-4 lb leader lots of fun.
I know this was asked 2 years ago and I really hate to tell a secret, because it’s probably going to blow up after I say this and this company will be huge in the crappie game afterwards, but I would use this as a crappie tip it and underlip a live shinner on it “as a trailer” and slow troll it under a spider rig with a BnM double minnow rig at about .6 mph!😉
Like it! Can that be casted with conventional rod and reel? I use 12' BnM Crappie rod, so casting is more swinging it to a bed or structure. This is pretty light weight. Could these be done to get into 1/80 - 1/64oz? What size dumbbell eyes would that take? I'm a beginner, and this style is a great looking Crappie magnet. IMHO....
Gene Sloan these are too light to cast with a conventional rod and reel. A Wapsi x-small lead eye weighs 1/60 oz. Weight can also be added to the body. The key is to keep the fly balanced to have the action you want.
I use ultra-light spinning tackle. I tie the small end of a "torpedo bobber" to the line from the reel then 18 to 24 inches of 4lb leader from the large end of the bobber to the fly. With a set up like this almost any spinning setup and some of the better baitcasters will work just fine!
junebug - if Stephen is following he can give a more definitive answer but I would use a long leader fished deep and slow over structure. And yes, fly rod.
